Letters to Insight, Sunday, June 30

A writer seconds the notion that John Diaz expressed in his column last week: A fancy new stadium has nothing to do with the success of a sports team and everything to do with making the owners rich.

Speaking of Bryan Stow, the Giants fan severely beaten outside Dodger Stadium, a reader wishes the Stow family had a health system like England’s, with price controls that would save the family from bankruptcy.

A reader of Joel Brinkley’s column about the latest outrage from Afghanistan’s leaders argues that outrage should instead be directed at those who chose to invade Afghanistan.

And the latest fruitless search for the body of Jimmy Hoffa generates a reminder that history shouldn’t treat the corrupt labor leader as a hero.

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